RAIA Grid launches to build Indonesia’s digital superhighway
- ID
- 18932
- Status
- summarized
- Published
- 28 Aug 2026, 11:49 AM
- Fetched
- 28 Aug 2026, 12:20 PM
- Provider
- Digital News Asia
- Category
- malaysia-tech
- Original URL
- https://www.digitalnewsasia.com/business/raia-grid-launches-build-indonesias-digital-superhighway
- Source URL
- https://www.digitalnewsasia.com/rss.xml
Summary
- Score
- 5.0
- Created
- 28 Aug 2026, 12:20 PM
- Tags
- Audience
- developerssaas_founders
What happened
PT Infra Fiber Teknologi (IFT), a joint venture between Arsari Group and Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison, has launched RAIA Grid—an 86,000-km open-access fibre network spanning Indonesia that connects 5G, FTTH, and data centre-to-data centre links. The platform claims to embed machine learning and agentic AI into network planning, deployment, and operations, targeting telcos, cloud providers, hyperscalers, and enterprises. The launch is positioned as foundational infrastructure for Indonesia's AI and compute growth.
Why it matters
For Malaysian founders or developers expanding into Indonesia, RAIA Grid's open-access DC-to-DC fibre model could reduce barriers to multi-region cloud and data centre deployments there—worth tracking if you're evaluating Indonesian infrastructure partners. However, the AI-powered operations claims are vague with no technical detail, so treat the 'agentic AI' framing as marketing until specifics emerge.
Discussion angle
What does open-access regional fibre mean for Malaysian startups weighing Singapore vs Indonesia for their next cloud region or data centre footprint?